At First Book, Now is the Perfect Time to Celebrate Children’s Day, Book Day

Pat Mora

Diapalooza 2018First Book continues to be an active Día partner, supporting and promoting Children’s Day, Book Day by working within their own network and partnering with other organizations. They administer the Estela and Raúl Mora Award annually and their website provides many great resources to help you #ShareBookjoy:

Gracias to Roxana Barillas and Melanie Boyer at First Book for help with the design of this customiz-able flyer. Add your organization’s logo bottom left and share broadly!

ALSC will #ShareBookjoy for Día 2018

Pat Mora

ALSC DIAThe Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) provides many Children’s Day, Book Day (Día) resources on their website, including their National Día; Program Registry, where you can enter your celebration details and use a customized event page link to promote your celebration.


Other resources:

During April, ALSC will share news and information about Día 2018 using the hashtags #diatogether, #STEAMwithDia and #sharebookjoy. Join them on social media with your own celebrations.
Diapalooza

It’s Time for Our Annual Díapalooza!

Pat Mora

Diapalooza 2018Welcome to Díapalooza (DPA), our annual online celebration of children and bookjoy–all children, all cultures, all languages. This is our 22nd anniversary of Día a word that literally means “day” for our daily commitment to celebrating children and connecting them to books. Some also use the word for Diversity in Action. We’ll be featuring our partners all month. Join us in creating the annual April Children’s Day, Book Day tradition.

Celebrate World Theatre Day on March 27

Pat Mora

Every March 27, the International Theater Institute celebrates World Theatre Day in order to share the joy of theatre with others. In Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!, by Pat and her daughter Libby Martinez, a brave bilingual mouse and his family live in an old theater. When they decide to put on their own play and run into Little Gato-Gato, Chico Canto’s language skills prevent disaster and save the day!

Illustration © Amelia Lau Carling from Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!

Illustration by Amelia Lau Carling from Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!

March 22: World Water Day

Pat Mora

Water Rolls Water RisesThe United Nations celebrates World Water Day on March 22. The theme for 2018 is: Nature for Water, exploring how we can use nature to overcome the water challenges of the 21st century.

In the Author’s Note for her book Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube, Pat writes:

Water fascinates me, perhaps because I’ve spent most of my life in the Southwest desert region of the United States. The sound of rain is welcome music on a dry and thirsty landscape. Creeks and rivers refresh desert dwellers, and lakes–so much water–seem a surprise. Lightning and downpours startle. Snow softens mountains, hills, cactuses, rocks.

Water–essential, cleansing, dramatic, soothing–is a research interest of my husband, Vern Scarborough, a professor of archaeology. I have benefited from his knowledge, and also from his enthusiasm about the wonder of water and the importance of valuing this glorious natural resource.

Illustration by Meilo So from Water Rolls, Water Rises

Illustration by Meilo So from Water Rolls, Water Rises